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In its early decades, The Hospital Corps was known by various names, including apothecaries, hospital steward and pharmacist’s mate before the name hospital corpsman was selected in 1948.

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Growing up in a series of about 20 trailer parks across the Midwest, David Novak never envisioned himself as the head of a billion-dollar company.

As the CEO of Yum Brands from 1999 to 2015, Novak turned a PepsiCo spinoff into a global leader in the fast-food industry through the brands KFC, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut.

When he retired from his position as chairman of Yum in May, he left behind a legacy of 41,000 restaurants across 125 countries and a market capitalization of about $34 billion. Читать дальше...

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Growing up in a series of about 20 trailer parks across the Midwest, David Novak never envisioned himself as the head of a billion-dollar company.

As the CEO of Yum Brands from 1999 to 2015, Novak turned a PepsiCo spinoff into a global leader in the fast-food industry through the brands KFC, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut.

When he retired from his position as chairman of Yum in May, he left behind a legacy of 41,000 restaurants across 125 countries and a market capitalization of about $34 billion. Читать дальше...

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Rates of nearsightedness -- also known as myopia -- in the United States rose from 25 percent in the early 1970s to 40 percent around 2000, a new study finds.

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U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch is due to meet with victims of the Orlando nightclub massacre.

NEW YORK (AP) — Twitter is now letting its users post videos that are up to 140 seconds long, an increase from its previous 30-second limit.

NEW YORK (AP) — Twitter is now letting its users post videos that are up to 140 seconds long, an increase from its previous 30-second limit.

iTunes Movies U.S. charts for week ending June 19, 2016:

iTunes Movies U.S. charts for week ending June 19, 2016:

iTunes Movies U.S. charts for week ending June 19, 2016:

The top 10 movies on the iTunes Store iTunes Movies U.S. charts for week ending June 19, 2016: iTunes Movies US Charts: Zootopia The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Hello, My Name Is Doris iTunes Movies US Charts - Independent: Hello, My Name Is Doris Fastball The Witch (copyright) 2016 Apple Inc.

Hand-wringing over the possibility that the U.K. could exit the European Union may be in the spotlight lately but investors have plenty of other bricks in the so-called wall of worry to fret over.

The United States and Israel have signed a declaration to enhance bilateral cyberdefense cooperation to combat joint threats, the Israeli Embassy in the United States said in a statement on Tuesday.

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PATUXENT RIVER, Md., June 21 (UPI) -- Navy's first air-to-ground network-enabled weapon, JSOW C-1, has been delivered to the fleet after achieving initial operating capability earlier this month.

Adobe Systems Inc. shares declined in late trading Tuesday after the company revealed quarterly earnings that beat analysts' expectations. The Silicon Valley software company announced quarterly profit of $244.1 million, or 48 cents a share, on sales of $1.4 billion; after adjustments for stock-based compensation and other factors, Adobe claimed profit of 71 cents a share. Analysts polled by FactSet expected on average adjusted earnings of 68 cents a share on sales of $1.4 billion. "Based on our first half performance and momentum... Читать дальше...

Matthew McConaughy portrays Newton Knight in this fact-based movie about how Knight led a group of Mississippi farmers and slaves to rebel against the Confederacy during the Civil War. Rhys Ifans is a punker in crisis in this comedy that also stars Juno Temple. Kaili Blues: A mystical and mysterious story about two doctors from a country clinic in the Guizhou province of China. Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble: A documentary about the great cellist and his merry band of musicians who perform all over the world. Читать дальше...

Donald Trump is one of the wealthiest men to ever run for president, but his campaign appears to be flat broke. What's more, fundraising reports show he's used about $6 million in campaign money to pay ...

Apple is funding some Amazon accounts with e-book credits as the result of a settlement of antitrust lawsuits.

Rival EU campaigners clash at Wembley Arena in the biggest live debate of the UK's referendum.

A common ground between Russian and the United States is needed to begin the next round of intra-Syrian talks, UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura said Tuesday.

US human rights activists are planning to establish a so-called Crimean-American friendship society to strengthen ties between the people of the two countries, a member of a US delegation that arrived in Crimea on Tuesday said.